GCP/INT/435/AGF

	SELECTED ASPECTS OF WARMWATER FISH CULTURE
	TABLE OF CONTENTS

A compilation based on lectures presented at a series of FAO/AGFUND
International Training Courses in Aquaculture hosted by Hungary
in 1987 and 1988

Edited by

André Coche
Senior Fishery Resources
Officer (Aquaculture)
FIRI/FAO, Rome, Italy

and

David Edwards
FAO Consultant
Inverness, Scotland, UK

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FOREWORD

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) identified three key factors limiting the success and expansion of aquaculture in developing countries, i.e., an insufficient and unreliable supply of fish seed, shortage of skilled fish farm managers, and a lack of knowledge about and availability of fish feeds. To help address these problems, a series of three International Training Courses in Aquaculture were organized, under project GCP/INT/435/AGF.

For some years, FAO has assisted the development of Hungary as a centre of expertise and teaching in warmwater fish culture. The Government of Hungary readily agreed to host the International Training Courses, to help finance them, and to make the necessary facilities and instructors available. Co-financing was provided by the Arab Gulf Programme for the United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) under a trust fund agreement signed on 18 March 1986. FAO took responsibility for project implementation, in cooperation with the Hungarian Government.

Three courses, each of three months duration were organized:

Freshwater Fish Hatchery Management, 13 April-10 July 1987

Freshwater Fish Farm Management, 3 August-2 October 1987

Fish Foods and Feeding, 16 May-12 August 1988

Each course was divided into two parts, one of which was held at the Warmwater Fish Hatchery (TEHAG), Százhálombatta, and the other at the Fish Culture Research Institute (HAKI), Szarvas.

Each course was attended by 18 trainees selected from English-speaking countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in which FAO considered improved knowledge in the fields of study would be useful: Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Most of the trainees were qualified in aquaculture, agriculture or a related subject to degree or diploma level.

The language of instruction on the courses was English. Most of the teachers were Hungarian, but specialist consultants from other countries were recruited by FAO to cover important fish species not cultured in Hungary.

In addition to FAO publications relevant to the fields of study, trainees received copies of lecture notes and papers prepared in advance by the course teachers. This copious original material has been heavily edited and reduced to remove repetition and overlap with information already published. It is hoped that this compilation will prove valuable in complementing existing instructional manuals for use in future training courses on warmwater fish culture.

CONTRIBUTORS

A. Fish Culture Research Institute (HAKI), Szarvas, Hungary

Bakos, J.	: Fish Genetics
Farkas, J.	: Fish Diseases
Jeney, G.	: Fish Diseases
Jeney, Z.	: Fish Diseases
Majoros, F.	: Fish Feeds
Ruttkay, A.	: Fish Farm Management
Tóth, I.	: Fish Farm Management

B. Warmwater Fish Hatchery (TEHAG), Százhálombatta, Hungary

Horváth, L.	: Fish Propagation
Támas, G.	: Hatchery Management
Varga, I.	: Hatchery Management

C. Miscellaneous Institutions, Hungary

Horváth, L.	: Agricultural University, Gödöllö
Molnar, K.	: Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Szakolczai, J.	: Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Woynarovich, A.	: Aquaculture Development, Agrober-Agroinvest, Budapest
Woynarovich, E.	: Scientific Adviser, Budapest

D. International Personnel (FAO)

Beveridge, M.C.M.	: Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Janssen, J.	: FAO Fish Culturist (Training), Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Rana, K.J.	: Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Sinha, V.R.P.	: FAO Senior Aquaculturist, NACA, Bangkok, Thailand

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1989
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CONTRIBUTORS

FOREWORD

1. DEISGN AND MAINTENANCE OF POND FISH FARMS

1.1 Design of fish farms

1.2 Maintenance and reconstruction

2. POND FISH FARMS IN HUNGARY

2.1 Fish ponds and water supply

2.2 Fish species and polyculture

2.3 Working processes of pond fish farming

2.4 Major stages of fish production in Hungary

3. SUPPLEMENTARY AND COMPLETE FEEDS

3.1 Supplementary feeds for fish farming